Wilson



' UNITED 'STATES ArrENr FFICEa D; AA.winsort'on CAMBRIDGE, vERM0nT,AssIeNon 'ro HIMsnLF AND oHAs. I. HIeBnn, oF sAMn PLAGE. v

'oLr-:NGHINQ AND NIPPING T ool...

To all whom it may concern.- y Be it known that I, D. A. VtTILsON, ofGambridge, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have inventeda new and Improved Glinching and Nipping Tool; andIdo hereby `declarethat the following isa full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany-A ingdrawing, forming part of this specieatlon. l

. This invention relates to a certain new 'and useful-improvement in aclinching;` and nipping tool invented and patented by E. X'Varren, ofMarshall, Wisconsin, A. D. 1863; and it consists in a combina-tion lofan adjustable clinching tool and nippers so constructed and arrangedthat the horseshoe-nails may, when a l shoe is applied, be clinched onthe hpdf of thehorse without the aid of a hammer,'-and old nails readilywithdrawn from the hooi' in detachinp,r a shoe therefrom. V

The gurein the accompanying plate ot' drawings illustrates my improvedtool, it heilig a perspective view, showing it as applied fto a4 horseshoof.

` A A represent the two handlesor levers of the implement, which crosseach other, and

are connected by a rivet, a, the short armsor parts b b ot which areswagedi'orged, or otherwise formed to make cuttingeedges c c, similarto'those of ordinary nippers. One ofthe arms, b,ha.s a fixed projection,d, extending' therefrom at right angles, and the other arm, b',ha'saprojectiomf, hinged thereto, .so as to swing and be adjustable, andextending upward,s1ightly i curved and notched or serrated A'on itsfaceside, as shown at g. The projection fis in line with the projectiond and are both :on the same side ofthe tool, being,` nearly at rightangles to each other* The nippers c c, projections d j', and arms b bshould be of steel. The long arms, which form the handles proper, may beof 1n alleable cast-iron.

The tool or implement is used as follows: In drawing,` nails from thehoof the nippers are applied and used in the usual Way, the heads ot'the nails being grasped by the nippers at the under side ot' the shoe.InV clinching the nails the projection d is placed under the shoe, andthe handle or levers distended or forced apart, so that the projectionfWill act upon the end ot the nail that projects through thehoot.

rlhe levers are then forced 4toward each other,

and the serrated face ot' the projection j' will,

draw and clinch the nail, as is evident without further explanation.Thcfaceof the projection d can he also serratedor toothed, which would,it is obvious, somewhat prevent the toolfrom slipping under the shoe.. xWith the use of my improved tool the shoe, ing of horses is greatlg'Texpedited and the Work performed iu asatisfactorv manner; and,furthermore, by hanging the clinching projecu tionf upon the tool, asdescribed, it can be more perfectly adjusted to the variations in thesize and shape of horses hoofs, the advantages ot' which are'appar'ent.

m is a spring placed in and between the two levers A A, for the purposeof distending or forcing them apart. Y

Having thus vdescribed in v improvem ent,' .what I'claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

v'The improvement in a clinching andnippingtool herein described, thesame consisting in the use of the adjustable. arm or projection f,

for the purpose specied.

' The above specification of my invention signed by me this 27th day ofJune, 1865.-

VDANIEL AwILsoN.

Witnesses Y 'M. M. LIVINGSTON,

C. L. TOPLIFF.

